John McIlvenna, the NEW leader for the West pilots, who proclaims that...
"The basic conundrum can be summed up with the following statement: The East seeks a seniority solution, while the West seeks an economic one. Clearly, we are at an impasse with seniority versus economic solutions. USAPA has not yet offered a realistic solution, nor are the two MECs able to immediately come to a solution that will work and be ratified; however, the important distinction is that the two MECs keep trying."
Keep trying??? For how long? Separate operations??? For how long?
Clearly, we are at an impasse with seniority versus economic solutions. WE AGREE!!! I'm sure USAPA agrees with Jon!
USAPA has not yet offered a realistic solution???? Where the HE11 has HE BEEN?
"I think we all need to start listening to our collective pilots and start asking them what they all think a solution should look like.......I intend to go on this road trip to try and find out what all our pilots are thinking and what they think the solution should be if they will let their guards down and speak frankly about the problems we face.....it seems everyone is forgetting that solutions are out there but a lot of people have stopped listening"
This is JUST what USAPA HAS BEEN DOING!!! HASN'T HE BEEN "LISTENING"? HASN'T 1,700 pilots plus the ACPC plus the MEC'S plus ALPA National been listnening?
USAPA has provided EVERYTHING AND MORE than what ALPA currently provides....EVERYTHING...., EXCEPT for one thing.....GIVING AWAY WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS NOT ENTITLED TO...AN ECONOMIC SOLUTION BEFORE, AGAIN BEFORE....A SENIORITY SOLUTION!!
"I have learned one very important lesson – in the end, it is up to the rank-and-file members to make up their collective minds on the direction they want their organization to go."
Funny, but THAT is the "SOLUTION" +3,200 pilots have determined! You know, the COLLECTIVE MAJORITY of the "STUPID, DUMB, IGNORANT, UNINFORMED, STUPID (DID THEY SAY STUPID, ALREADY?) pilots of the "rank and file"?
A LONG-TERM SOLUTION OVER A SHORT-TERM FIX. That's the difference!
The principles of Seniority and Economics are INTERTWINED....not just ONE OR THE OTHER or LATER OVER THE FORMER!!! IT's the ACTION then the REACTION!
http://jmcilvenna.wordpress.com/
Because the West NAIVELY believes that you can have an "economic" solution WITHOUT seniority while the East KNOWS that you CAN ONLY achieve the SECOND, an economic solution, by ESTABLISHING THE FIRST SOLUTION...SENIORITY! OUR DOH is NOT FOR SALE!!! NOT THE WEST, NOR THE EAST'S!! Hence the "cart before the horse" logic currently in play. THIS IS WHAT UNIONISM IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT!!!
Remember, what the NWA pilots say, pilots already EVALUATING A MERGER, says it all:
Northwest pilots, who took steep pay cuts before the airline emerged from bankruptcy May 31, have been widely expected to get raises in a consolidation.
"Seniority is not for sale," the Northwest pilot update said. "It makes no sense to trade seniority, which is long-term, for contractual improvements which can be very short term," with the risk that raises given today can be taken away later with the threat of bankruptcy.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/02/27/ap4706636.html
Ole Jonny Mac, Jack "pulp fiction" Stephan and the MEC's of BOTH SIDES are out of touch with reality!
